Pennsylvania

per the article, this was just discovered because the applications were found by the City Commissioners for voters in our city/county, and they have to get the whole timeline, and evidence development thing going on legitimacy.

This whole process with the mail-in ballots (that are not like the old "absentee ballots", which are still an option and use a different application form), is just over 2 years old. We have only had 4 elections (not counting any places that had a special election in between) that have used this type of ballot - the (delayed from Apr.) primary - Jun. 2020/general - Nov. 2020, primary Apr. 2021/general Nov. 2021.

What's also not clear is which type of "mail ballot" application was completed because if someone really is going to be "absent from their polling place" (and residence), then they can apply for an actual "absentee ballot" that could get directed to wherever they are in the world.

I voted in Amherst, MA when I was at UMASS my 4 years there after applying for and receiving an absentee ballot to be sent to my dorm. When I mailed it in, the city then sent it to my Division to add to their tally. I know my mom would call to tell me that when she went to vote, the ladies who were poll workers would always tell her that they got my absentee ballot right on time!